Turning a Ridiculously Hard Wood Bowl - Persimmon

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I decided to try my hand at turning Persimmon again. Still hard as a rock, but I had the benefit of having my new Grizzly 10" Wet Grinder to help with touching up my gouges.
I did have to dress the wheel square to the tool rest but a simple wheel dresser I had on hand did the trick: amzn.to/2qkzsuS
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[@jeepster1016]

Absolutely let's see the finish video as well!

[@ttharmor]

Simply incredible work Mr. Walker. Your videos do not disappoint.

[@diggler306]

Love that bowl shape, and so great to see it being used at family dinner.

[@wmwalkerco]

Thanks! Family dinner is important in this household :)

[@craftedworkshop]

Awesome video, not your average turning video! Great work as always, Will.

[@AstroDPT]

Love your vids and your soothing voice, seeing you so happy with the end result and incorparating it with your everyday life is amazing. Keep up the great work, I always look forward to new videos!

[@wmwalkerco]

Thanks so much! It really makes me happy when my videos are entertaining for people. Thanks for watching!

[@Skelly85]

Love the videos, you're quickly becoming my favorite KZbin woodworking channel! Keep up the great work!

[@wmwalkerco]

Thanks so much Shawn!

[@tomasarguinzoni9022]

Looking very good to me,great job my friend 👍🏼

[@jeffgannon1]

Nice bowl and now I know what I'm having for dinner tomorrow.

[@KagedCreations08XX]

Turned out nice and the story telling is always great

[@wmwalkerco]

Thanks, man!

[@davestrain1762]

Well it turned out awesome!

[@michalprusek8014]

I enjoyed this story so much!

[@wmwalkerco]

Thanks Michal!

[@larscw74]

Never even heard of that type of wood, learn something every day:-)

[@robertevans6481]

Love your style of video making. Going to add that wood to my list for tool handles....love the shot with the family at the end...👍👍👍

[@javirvaldez9690]

it was a great cooking video, loved the story after finishing the bowl

[@wmwalkerco]

Thanks! I've toyed with the idea of doing a cooking channel but I think I have too much going on right now.

[@MrGrant440]

Awesome job. Sweet bowl. And would love to see a video on the finish as well. Last but not least..your videos are just FANTASTIC.

[@RobinLewisMakes]

I love the way you pulled the music out just before "it" happened. Holy sh*t indeed, I literally jumped

[@wmwalkerco]

I thought it needed some emphasis :)

[@johnconklin9039]

Great looking bowl. Definitely worth the effort.

[@wmwalkerco]

Thank you!

[@johnsisk5914]

Another great vid. Yes on the beeswax/food safe treatment video. Glad to see the mishap on the lathe was not more serious.

[@wmwalkerco]

Thanks! Finish video is in the queue!

[@scottadams2624]

Great job!

[@WoodByWright]

My daughter said "oh that is cool" really nice man!

[@wmwalkerco]

Well your daughter has impeccable taste, hahahaha. Thanks!

[@Patricksworkshop]

great video and very nice bowl

[@lukemartin9037]

Awesome video. Would definitely be interested to see a video on your food safe finish!

[@Nour-ut1hu]

Loved the video editing! great bowl

[@wmwalkerco]

Thank you!

[@adamvanderswaagh8983]

Got tuned in to your channel through the Modern Maker Podcast. Great videos! Beautiful stories and cinematography!

[@wmwalkerco]

Thank you so much! I'll have to thank Chris for having me on. Thanks for watching!

[@tomsdreamshopworx]

Great looking bowl! I liked the photography reference on your T-shirt.

[@wmwalkerco]

Thanks! One of my favorite shirts :)

[@alessandroasta803]

Love this video.

[@tomrogerson2118]

Great video. Definitely interested in the finish

[@wmwalkerco]

Thanks! Finish video is in the queue!

[@rattlejake0422]

Nice bowl! +1 on wanting a video on your food-safe finish!

[@jmakes3745]

You can probably see my progression through your channel! Another amazing video so i'll keep saying it , you definitely deserve more recognition for your work! Beautiful storytelling and framing of shots - what camera do you use?

[@MrNoncredo]

good job, good man enjoy ur family

[@Badgerworkshop]

Great looking bowl and lovely looking dinner.

[@wmwalkerco]

Thank you! Dinner was delicious!

[@MakingStuffco]

bro, it looks so good! also, you have a beautiful family!

[@mitchstanton7846]

Great video. I'm getting an old lathe from an uncle soon and want to turn a bowl. I would be interested in the food safe finish video as well

[@BruceAUlrich]

Excellent video!

[@wmwalkerco]

Thanks, Bruce!

[@garrettstephens8168]

I’d love to see a video on how to make that finish!

[@Cactusworkshopchannel]

nice job man! and great video! :)

[@thoperSought]

I'd definitely be interested in a finish video

[@andrewreid4337]

Great video! Yes i would love to see "The Story of My Food Safe finish" from you!

[@wmwalkerco]

Thanks! Finish video is in the queue!

[@douglaswilkinson1749]

Very cool

[@danthemakerman]

Good stuff!!

[@wmwalkerco]

Thanks!

[@jonathanlillpopp2869]

That is impressive! Please do a video on food safe finish.

[@alomango]

Food safe finish video please!!! Great video by the way!

[@TheDavid7351]

another great video !good job man! and I would like to see how you make the Finish that you used!

[@wmwalkerco]

It seems like a lot of people want to see a finish video. I'll add it to the cue :)

[@Sacrificepain66]

I would like to see how you make your own beeswax mineral oil

[@MrTedward1]

Would love to see a video on that beeswax finish, Will!

[@bradenbarber4963]

I definitely want to see that beeswax finish.

[@GetSquarewTomJolley]

As always you killed it! Now time to turn some Dogwood...

[@wmwalkerco]

State tree and flower of Virginia! Fun fact :) I've got about 10 native ones around my yard.

[@seanyb960]

Nice! Spotted Gum is about the same. Beautiful but painfully hard

[@PHIL_S]

Yes show us your beeswax mix - I make my own too but want to see how yours is done

[@ErikSnell]

Yes please on the finish video.

[@alexpettigrew8971]

Great outcome albeit a bit of an exciting process. It is amazing to me that persimmon is so hard considering how fast it grows.

[@wmwalkerco]

Yeah, the growth rings are enormous! Can't argue with the Janka Scale. Come on by I've got two big pieces you can have if you want to try it yourself.

[@babate1337]

It ended up pretty nice. Worth the effort. I would check the clamping "ears" on the headstock as well as the boss on the bed. With as much as that jumped with the catch I'll bet something is out of alignment or damaged.

[@wmwalkerco]

Yeah, I'm going to give the whole thing a look over. You should see it in slow motion. It jumped a lot!

[@kennethlegendre]

Man that steak looks good. The bowl does too. Nice work.

[@wmwalkerco]

It was delicious!

[@brettmiller2634]

Really loving your work and videos. Question, what's the song that starts at 4:11?

[@ryanhendricks7304]

The bowl looks great but I forgot all about once I saw that steak!

[@ScrapwoodCity]

The bowl came out great, it was worth the sharpening!

[@wmwalkerco]

It is my new favorite bowl!

[@hizo64HH]

I use mesquite a lot and it is about 2200 on the janka scale. VERY tough on my lathe chisels but BEAUTIFUL.

[@wortheffort]

Well done video. And that's about as often as I sharpen on normal bowls using Texas native woods so it's not that unusually hard.

[@wmwalkerco]

I usually sharpen before I start, and before I hollow and that get's me by. Not this time though!

[@bobsegar1242]

got 15 persimmon sprouts growing rn. it's a true ebony

[@HandToolRescue]

You should have done the Salt Bae. Great video!

[@wmwalkerco]

I had no idea what you were talking about until I looked it up! He's so smooooooth!

[@markwarner5554]

Love that white ebony!

[@wmwalkerco]

It's so pretty but so hard to work! I'm never turning it again...until next time.

[@markwarner5554]

I love working with ebony and swartzia and all those super hard woods. But I really hate working with northern white ash. I've sworn it off several times. It's just so pretty, so I keep getting sucked back in.

[@secollectiv5086]

Great video and yes food safe finish video please!

[@wmwalkerco]

Thanks! Finish video is in the queue!

[@SkengManNZ]

@@wmwalkerco just checked your uploads and i couldnt find the video, makes me sad :(

[@wmwalkerco]

@@SkengManNZ kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4nTaaZ_m5KArqM at about 4:36

[@georgerama7602]

wow! Really looked like a bear to work with seeing how many times you had to resharpen

[@wmwalkerco]

I don't see myself turning Persimmon often....my next bowl might be Cedar hahahaha

Hey, good work

[@wmwalkerco]

Thanks!

[@swillk1]

I vote for a finish video!!

[@wmwalkerco]

Finish video is in the queue!

[@robemich1]

More like this pls

[@wmwalkerco]

I can certainly try!

[@levidee9105]

You should buy a bowl gouge sharpening jig for your wet grinder

[@alexanderlytkinson]

Nice video. Good family. You are happy man. P.S.: 7:39 is that what I am think?

[@DennisNestor]

Wm. Walker Co. I would be interested in your food safe finish. Btw we have the same steal outdoor furniture.

[@wmwalkerco]

Finish video is in the queue then! That furniture has served us well!

[@jamesnelson6884]

Sweet bowl! what's the wheel dresser link that you have in the description? What does it do for the grinder?

[@wmwalkerco]

+James Nelson it helps dress the wheel to make sure it's square to the support.

[@jamesnelson6884]

cool, thanks

[@jts9807]

I would have.needed to clean the pants also. Beautiful bowl - but I'm really impressed by that steak!

[@wmwalkerco]

Ha! Thanks. It was delicious!

[@michaelbeard3192]

Your good! That stuff made excellent golf club heads back before the sport went techno weird.

[@wmwalkerco]

Someone commented about that on my chisel handle video! Fun fact!

[@lucienlasocki2544]

What's that font you used for "Walker 10"? Oh and, I'd watch a video about anything if you made it.

[@seanyb960]

Spotted Gum is my best friend and worst enemy. It's sooo pretty but difficult to work. It's hard af, oily so hard to glue and often curly too... I keep going back for more tho 😁😒

[@seanyb960]

Ps great vid. 😁

[@wmwalkerco]

I've never had the pleasure/misfortune of working with Spotted Gum. Might have to give it a try! I just scored the biggest Dogwood I've ever seen. That should be a fun one!

[@jakehanson6004]

That's a beautiful bowl! But holy sh*t that could've been bad when it came off!

[@wmwalkerco]

Thank you! Yep. Scared the sh*t outta me!

[@lucienlasocki2544]

What's that font you used for "Walker 10"?

[@wmwalkerco]

I'm pretty sure it was Adobe Garamond Pro

[@RichardMacLean]

I was like "Why is he only making one steak?" And then I remembered that not everyone eats as much as I do. ;)

[@TheMyeloman]

How "green" or wet was the wood at the time of turning?

[@wmwalkerco]

I think it was at about 19%

[@robbieboyd4912]

I'm using the code in the grizzly shop and it's accepting it as a coupon, but not actually taking anything off (that I can see). Any hints? I'd love to get that wheel.

[@wmwalkerco]

+Robbie Boyd I'm talking to Grizzly about it right now. It will probably get fixed this week. I'll let you know asap!

[@robbieboyd4912]

Ok, please do! It's a great deal without the extra 10% but even better with it!

[@wmwalkerco]

Coupon code works now!

[@dwhartsaw]

Did you make the food safe finish movie ?

[@wmwalkerco]

+Hacksaw 71 I'm working on that this week

[@dwhartsaw]

Wm. Walker Co. Thanks, man !!!!

[@Dollapfin]

Try Osage it’s even harder

[@isaach1447]

Was the wood green or AD?

[@wmwalkerco]

This was technically still green but it had been down for a good long while so I'm not sure what the moisture content was. Its held its shape very well and is our popcorn bowl now

[@isaach1447]

Wm. Walker Co. It’s beautiful. There’s a persimmon tree I’m considering harvesting...just worried about the workability.

[@sgsax]

Started out as wood-turning porn, ended up with food porn.

[@matsler89]

I couldn't agree more. damn.

[@wmwalkerco]

I had fun making this one. I've actually considered starting a cooking channel too. I've got too much on my plate right now though...pun intended.

[@robohippy]

I turned a few persimmon bowls. The stuff smelled terrible, very bitter. Apparently it tasted the same way as my young daughter tried to gross me out by licking my arm which was covered by sap and dust. Wish I had the faces she made on film.... Didn't notice it was any harder than some of the others I have turned. It is in the ebony family...

[@wmwalkerco]

No way, it's robohippy! You taught me a lot when I first started turning. Thank you for that. Persimmon is one of the hardest domestic (to North America) hardwoods. They used to make golf clubs out of it. It is indeed in the ebony family. It's also known as "white ebony". Ive got a few on the property. The fruit is apparently somewhat tasty. Horses love it.

[@bigscreenbird8198]

hey cool vid man! btw would there be anyway i could get a chunk of the persimmon to make a knob and tote for my stanley plane?

[@wmwalkerco]

You're in the Virgin Islands right? Any idea how much shipping might be? I would send you a piece :)

[@bigscreenbird8198]

Wm. Walker Co. yes in Christiansted, St Croix. I would cover shipping and it's just basic domestic shipping. Prolly get it in a small flat rate box for $10 or so. Really appreciate it and I will email you direct with my address and what not and I'll send you a small token of mahogany that I make and sell here.

[@reforzar]

More garlic!😉

[@wmwalkerco]

I'm a garlic fiend!

[@woodwoman9130]

I like turning persimmon it's hard and dense. It's know as white ebony🤓

[@wmwalkerco]

I did know it was also know white ebony (since it's in the diospyros family). You are a glutton for punishment!! It dulls my tools SO FAST.

[@morganolfursson2560]

You might be interested in this video of this guy from Japan making a mini Salad bowl (actually a Sake cup) out of japanese black persimmon wood. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGPTlqKqbbygrrc

[@JackmanWorks]

4:23 happy accident? :D

[@wmwalkerco]

I saw the opportunity and I went for it :) I've been practicing my cuts and transitions more. I'd like to add some camera blocking and movement too, I just don't have any of that gear currently.

[@chrislehr07]

FYI, that coupon code doesnt seem to work.

[@wmwalkerco]

So it seems. I'm having Grizzly look into it. They are a little swamped this week though since their annual Tent Sale is this weekend. I'll let everyone know when it's fixed.

[@wmwalkerco]

The coupon code works now!

[@chrislehr07]

Ordered with accessory kit #2 :D Thanks for fixing it.

[@chrislehr07]

Got the grinder today.. Got kit 2, already wish I got accessory kit 1 as well. Sharpened a 1970s Stanley chisel that was so blunt I'd let a kid play with it to hair shaving sharp in minutes. Awesome.

[@zackholler7008]

Make the beeswax video

[@wmwalkerco]

Finish video is in the queue!

[@dylanm2012]

I too split steaks with my wife.

[@wmwalkerco]

A younger me would've eaten that whole steak by myself. The now me is a little more sensible.

[@moehoward01]

Mmmm.... Vitamin G.

[@jreitman2007]

dude...i'd get rid of that wedding ring....could've lost that finger. Buy a nice silicone ring to wear in the shop.

[@wmwalkerco]

I know. I live dangerously. I know I should lose the watch too.

[@jreitman2007]

I got one from here a couple months ago... groovelife.co/ It's been great.

[@espjason]

Non stop grizzly ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh gonna unsub